Six persons have sustained various injuries in a petroleum tanker explosion yesterday at Sandaji Filling Station in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
The tanker which brought petroleum products to the filling station located at Jos Road Lafia, exploded around 12:00pm.
Comfort Igwe, a pump attendant at the station told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the explosion occurred while the tanker was discharging its product.
She said it took the intervention of men of the fire service in collaboration with the Red Cross Society, police and other security agencies to quench the fire and return normalcy to the area.
The explosion also destroyed property worth millions of naira at the filling station, the eye witness said.
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